Modul

The assessment is carried out as partial exams (according to Section 4 (2), 1-3 SPO), whose sum of credits must meet the minimum requirement of credits of this module. The assessment procedures are described for each course of the module separately.

The overall grade of the module is the average of the grades for each course weighted by the credits and truncated after the first decimal.

The student

• understands and analyzes the central role of information as an economic good, a production factor, and a competitive factor,
• identifies, evaluates, prices, and markets information goods,
• analyze and evaluate existing markets regarding the missing incentives and the optimal solution of a given market mechanism, respectively,
• develop solutions in teams.

In the courses of the module the student can deepen his knowledge on the one hand on the design and operation of markets and on the other hand on the impact of digital goods in network industries regarding the pricing policies, business strategies and regulation issues. If choosen, the course Special Topics in Information Engineering & Management additionally provides an opportunity of practical research in the aforementioned range of subjects.

The total workload for this module is approximately 270 hours. For further information see German version.